Child s swing



(No Model.)

J. M. MGCORD.

GHILDS SWING.

No. 405,496. Patented June 18, 1889.

ATTORNEYS.

JAMES M. MCCORD, OF MONTGOMERY, INDIANA.

i CHILDS SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application led October 8, 1888.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. MCC/ORD, of Montgomery, in the county ofDaviess and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved ChildsSwing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has mainly for its obj ect the production of a swingmainly designed to be used in the place of a crib or cradle for infants,and as an amusement and means of exercise or place of rest for olderchildren, and which shall be cheap, durable, safe, and easily set up ortaken down, and suitable to be hung either in a room,hall, on the porchof a house, or elsewhere.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts in such a swing, substantially as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding` parts in all the iigures.

Figure l represents a view in perspective of a swing embodying myinvention and as carrying a box at its lower end having fitted on it aremovable raised frame. Fig. 2 is a further perspective view of theswing, having a seat mounted on the box in place of the removable frame;and Figs. 3 and 4L are views in elevation, upon a larger scale, of theupper and lower end portions of one of the suspension-wires of the swingand of the means used to carry and connect the same at the upper andlower ends of the swing.

A is a box, in which may be placed a mattress, pillow, or other softbottom filling when the swing is designed to carry a baby or younginfant, and under which circumstances the swing maybe used in place of acrib or cradle, and time and labor on part of the attendant beeconomized, as the swing once started will keep in motion for some time,thus dispensing with the constant rocking of a cradle and leaving theattendant at liberty to do other work. From the four corners of this boxA are stretched or arranged suspension-wires B B, bent or doubled overat their upper ends b. These hangings, being of wire, will not be soliable to stretch or get out of order as cords. Said doubled-over upperends Z) of said wires are crimped or bent, as at c, and there securedPatent No. 405,496, dated J' une 18, 1889.

Serial No. 287,536. (No model.)

by an S-shaped wire clamp d, which, when once adjusted, holds thesuspension-wires iirm and from spreading. A close or solid link eengages with this clamped bent end portion b of either wire B, whichlink c in its turn engages with a screw-hook f, secured in the ceilingof a room, beam, or elsewhere, and which hooks form the points or placesof the swings suspension. These hooks are preferable to staples, andshould be so constructed and arranged at their points as that, whilethey ad mit ofv the suspension-wires, or, rather, the links c, beingremoved from them when required, the same will not be liable to bejerked out when using the swing. By the interposition of the links cbetween the suspensionwire loops or ends h and the hooks f the wear uponthe suspension-wires and their liability to cut orbreak is greatlyreduced. The lower ends of the suspension-wires are also doubled or bentover to form a loop g, and secured at their bent-over portions by a ringor C-shaped wire clamp h. The lower loops g of the wires B are arrangedto engage with screw-hooks C, having elongated shanks t', bent inward attheir outer ends. These hooks are screwed into the sides of the box Anear its ends, and by turning said hooks a quarter round thesuspension-wires B B can be disengaged from them, the screw -hooks f beremoved from above, and the swing be transferred to another place.

D is a frame, of basket-work or other material of any desired pattern,capable of being placed on or above and round the box A, and whichisdesigned to be used when the child placed in the box is old enough tosit up, and whereby the child is prevented from falling out of the box.This frame D, when in place, is secured by hooks 7c engaging withsuitable catches, so as to provide for the ready removal of the frame;or, instead of this frame D, a seat E of chair shape may be used for anolder child, the same, which may be made of any suitable material, beingprovided with rabbeted cleats Z on its bottom, adapted to rest on and itwithin or lap over the sides of the box, and the seat be further heldsecure in its place by hooks 70'; or the same hooks might be made toanswer both `for the frame D and the seat E.

The wires B B, it will be observed, are sus` IOO pended from independenthooks, and each l The combinetiomwith the swing-box A, of Wire connectedat its lower ends near the ends l the removable raised frame D, theremovable of the box A, the one to the one side of the seat E, andfastenings securing either said box and the other to the opposite sideof the frame or sea-t to the box, essentially' as de- 5 box, tofacilitate the swinging of the box endscribed. I

Wise, the swing` only being Worked sidewise when the seat E is attached.JAMES M MCCORD' Having thus described my invention, what I Witnesses:claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters GEO. H. GOoNs, 1o Patent,is* l AUSTIN T. HIxoN.

